Historical
BEING A GOOD WIFE IN VICTORIAN TIMES THE RULES!
Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Let’s talk about the rules for being a married woman in Victorian times. The following pieces are from various guides for married women, published during the Victorian age.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
About Samovar and Russian Tea
"Nowhere in the world do people drink tea as we do in Russia," said Olga Yurkina, organizer of the exhibition "About Samovars and Other Things," Moscow, 2014. "In China and Japan, tea is the centerpiece of the ceremony. ). In Russia, however, tea is a pretext for a long conversation, "added Burkina.
By Sunshine Jane4 years ago in FYI
The midwife advocate
I worked in the healthcare field and because of this I studied and learned a lot about the origin of today’s medicine. Not too long ago, during one of our trips, I got to help a midwife doctor and the experience was amazing. I realized that, although I know a lot about medicine I did not know anything about midwifery. In my head, I thought that maybe it was the way Indians did it and we copied. I had a midwife for one of my birth and the questions pondered even more one me. I wondered when midwifery came to light and then wondered who brought it back to our culture today. That is when I found out about Louise Bourgeois Boursier. She is one of the first midwives recognized in history. She was born in 1563 outside of Paris and not much is known about her childhood life aside from the fact that she knew how to write and read. This is the story of how she became “The” midwife.
By Hippy vagabond4 years ago in FYI
The Colourful History of Metal Detecting
The wonderful history of metal detecting will of course follow the history of the gadget, metal detectors. Without it, the activity will not have been present. For different nations, all over the world, metal detectors have been great security tools.
By ankit shakya4 years ago in FYI
THE INCREDIBLE CHURCH THAT SURVIVED THE PLAGUE, THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON AND THE BLITZ
The story of St Bride’s Church is interlaced into the fabric of London. Entering its doors is to step into 2,000 years of history, which began with the Romans. A Roman pavement can be seen to this day on display in the much-restored crypts of the church.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
SECRET 360-YEAR-OLD DOORWAY UNCOVERED IN LONDON
Historians working on the renovation of the House of Commons have found a lost 360-year-old passageway, hidden in a secret chamber. The doorway was created for the coronation of Charles II in 1660. This was to allow guests to access a celebratory banquet in Westminster Hall, the building next to the modern day Commons chamber.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
Let's Talk Turkey About Substance Dependence
In a modern context, this is something you do to cut something out entirely. We say “going cold turkey”, which means we are giving up some drug or otherwise addictive and harmful substance entirely (like Twitter). Not cutting back, not gradually reducing, not replacing with something else (like Facebook), but stopping altogether.
By R P Gibson4 years ago in FYI
